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The final Celebrate the Young Event for the year was held on Tuesday, April 18th at Crookston High School. We were excited to bring back this fun filled event for young children and their families following the pandemic.

April is child abuse prevention month. Polk County Social Services along with Polk County Victim Services put together 239 pinwheels that represent the number of families affected by child protection concerns in 2022. The Polk County Child Protection Team are, from left to right Lindsey Henning, Kalab Thompson, Taya Olson, Paige Curran (sitting), Ashley Glass, Miranda Casetta, Daniel Strandquist, Aaron Coleman Sitting, Sheila Razmyslowski, supervisor and Amy Solie. Not pictured: Dylan Robinson

The Crookston Early Childhood Initiative has named Jeannie Lindgren as a Champion for Young Children for the positive impact she has had on young children and their families in our community for many years!

On Wednesday, April 19, the CHS Concert Orchestra traveled to Alexandria, Minn., where they competed in Region 8AA Orchestra Solo and Ensemble Contest. Crookston had nine entries perform solo and small ensemble pieces for judges, which were then scored out of 40 based on factors such as tone quality, intonation, rhythm, balance/blend, technique, interpretation/musicianship and bowings.

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The United Way of Crookston is so happy to announce the distribution of additional funds to some of our partner agencies and programs. Having finished our 2023 allocations, the United Way of Crookston found we had more money to give than had been requested this year so we were able to ask our grantees what they had on their wish lists.

The Crookston Area Chamber of Commerce is elated to announce Janelle Wald as the Executive Director. She began her new role on Monday.

Congratulations to Duane Anderson who is the Benedictine Living Community - Crookston’s April Athlete of the month. Duane is recognized for his commitment to recovery during his short term stay and community outpatient admissions.

Leo Meyer was just a few months old when his parents, Evan and Courtney Meyer, began noticing him struggling to turn his head to the left. “He rarely turned that direction (left) on his own and was extremely resistant when we tried to manually make him look that way,” said the Crookston mom.